Its Register listings are the Walthall County Courthouse and Jail, the George H. Collins House and the New Orleans and Great Northern Railroad Depot-Tylertown. Its Register listings are the Walthall County Courthouse and Jail, the George H. Collins House and the New Orleans and Great Northern Railroad Depot-Tylertown. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1925 on, and the census since 1910.
The Tylertown post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Conerly's (1848), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 795 in 19102020 census: 1,515147 years
How historic is Tylertown?
B−
More historic than 52% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Tylertown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Tylertown’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tylertown is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tylertown’s overall grade.
Mississippi towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Mississippi town has 71.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Tylertown’s 19.8 sits near the middle of its state (57% of Mississippi towns have fewer) while its 4 historic buildings outnumber those of 68% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.0 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Tylertown’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The town of Tylertown was first known as the Magee Settlement. It was settled by emigrants of the Magee and Thornhill families, who came from South Carolina. J. Thornhill acquired the first tract of land for the settlement on September 20, 1816, after Native Americans were pushed out of the area. Cullen Conerly went there in 1850 and bought out the Garland Hart store and established a post office which was called Conerly's post office. The store and post office served as the social center of the community for over a half century.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Tylertown, census by census
Between 795 and 1,976 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Tylertown’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Tylertown’s post office has been open since 1879. Another post office, Conerly's, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Conerly's
1848–1879
Tylertown
1879–today
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Hamlets and corners on the map
Conerby
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Tylertown
FoundersTylertown
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Tylertown’s history
What year was Tylertown founded?
The Tylertown post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Tylertown rank for history?
Tylertown is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Tylertown?
Three places: the Walthall County Courthouse and Jail (listed 1994), the George H. Collins House (1992) and the New Orleans and Great Northern Railroad Depot-Tylertown (2000).
How old are the homes in Tylertown?
13% of Tylertown’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.0 points), against a typical 4.5% for a Mississippi town; the median home was built in 1967.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (10), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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